The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-02-03
Whiskey and Ohristianity-Do They Mix?

ifonasd II. BacOn. -. -. III Wulct he assumes
the championship OF the lrense item As op.
posed to prohilitory laws. rhis .vercpJ AL.
Nocatc of the saloons docs not sta. that som,
thri>tian help seems indj~pcn sat at this criti-
cal time when the whole clss rumsellers
are being 50 >orely pressed Ills ii ,ply servico
is, no doubt, purely accidental: lIt comes. too.
from New York State. bearing W h him that
native, missionary spirit of Tree M incident
to metropolitan hcs>c,Inc>>; an ewilderin.
our hcni.httd condition in this d. down east
state where we try to stop iIuor Cling alto
grthcr. What a pity ii seems 4 1t this New
ork spirit Of progress cannot colN TT our little
IaW-hound corner Of the world. It there is
never amy accounting for pre- vincll ob>tinacv.
We remain welded TO our IDOLS.
But this discussion. whrtlerwc will or not,
takes Us back a quarter of Il ctuurv to the
tim" when DIR. BIa.,|rn. Of tn d Boston
south church (may his tribe b. increase)
preached unrestricted rum aud nrcstricted
human SLAVERY.
1t hat been hoped that these oil barbarou-
days had gone past beyond rev al But it
seem. not The onward march OF .vcntS NAV
not he uninterrupted. The cliur may still
hol,l those who. ignoring or mi akin- the
spirit of the Masters teachings, efend tha,
class of men whose trade is to live and thrive
from the ruin of their fellow men. The hun
Ircle upon hundreds of millions of dollars in
trre>trd in the manufacture and sal. of LIQUORS,
constitutes a power that may som, ines COM
n!aIrl the cfi!'rch Il We'll H. tlIe ate. For
tunatclY casts Of this kin't are MOI numerous.
50 that, when one does oecur The y: >c,lncss of
it> defnrnity is the more apparent How ut
tcry against the nature of thinss / Is it seem
for "A munster "f the gospel to, ocatc the
license of an evil that above all oth + dangers
threatens 10 bar the progress OF our viIizntion
How would minister stand who's ud favor
the license of liccntiou>Hc>>: Hov would it
lo for Mr.. TaIina@n or pr. Minel = DR.. Ba-
con 10 encourage the 'o!a Ii,rnset .ambin~?
Might not ail the gamblers. viii hose who
favor tl.e social evil. and til, VIII army of
lj4aor dealers, With Il few doctors f divinity
10 lead them, unite in strictly D,.rW CAM
paign to brn. about the egul ice ing of all
these evils hy the STATE: What lvantagcs
might follow, Plenty Of moucyN uld come
from ii certainly: and the state &, N afford
and in Justice ou-ht. in >I,ch auel Mt. TO III.
Vide the >poil, with the church. n n wo,,ld
not our spiritual Ellen blossom liz the ro,eY
Indeed. don't know but the flarruity of
liquor ,aIcr>, in eou>il, ration # q W form
cd tvtter social >taudin- MI -ht b. ,iIlin~ to
di>hul>c our ch.r,h cNprn,es io~rtbcr.
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Oniy thlk If thv parishes thatF h., ,d have
@lo, ,Noo -churrh,> and ,ycl paiIaiji,j>tcrs 10
preach in thrn.
Upholstered p,W>, h or.3in sai led choir
why. this possible method Of fl5. Bacon
would permit u, to praise the L. in the
beauty of holiness in thrN,rN brst n .tvle and
uot cost It's accent. y. waiting. pati # Chris
tiau >of,I>, to mot ap>pair. th, lawn r,,v Il, ,t
hand. VIII, Lu,,N> Lt,t ~. r.con ". Ji,,,v
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evils i, mo-, ar.luurut. Tell y,u. rr;lv. of